James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Jacobi

All governments are to some extent a treaty with the Devil.

He who is destitute of principles is governed, theoretically and practically, by whims.

In one thing men of all ages are alike; they have believed obstinately in themselves.

It is impossible to be a hero in anything unless one is first a hero in faith.

Justice is the freedom of those who are equal. Injustice is the freedom of those who are unequal.

Men will always act according to their passions. Therefore the best government is that which inspires the nobler passions and destroys the meaner.

No man can be a hero in anything who is not first of all a hero in faith.

Not when I rise above, only when I rise to, something, do I approve myself.

Nothing is more ruinous for a man than when he is mighty enough in any part to right himself without right.

We always live prospectively, never retrospectively, and there is no abiding moment.

We enjoy ourselves only in our work, our doing; and our best doing is our best enjoyment.

Where idolatry ends, Christianity begins; and where idolatry begins, Christianity ends.